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Gold Creek, Arkansas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Pine Mountain Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72034. It stands on Gold Creek. The Survey maps it on the Conway quadrangle.

Gold Creek within Faulkner County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 13 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

73 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Gold Creek between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,235 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 12 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined25
Arson/incendiarism12
Natural3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 September 2001Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2001Debris and open burning4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 1999Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1999Debris and open burning6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2000Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 2012Natural3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Faulkner County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Gold Creek: 6 past producers, 3 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnkStoneUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkClayPast Producer
UnkClayPast Producer
UnkClayPast Producer
UnkClayPast Producer
UnkClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Faulkner County

Storms near this place

6 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gold Creek in 6 storm reports between 2010 and 2026: 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 flood. The reports record 1 death. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2011Flash FloodGold Creek1 killed, $250,000At 1:08 AM CDT, water was approaching the doorstep of houses in Mayflower. Around 1:20 AM CDT, an SUV went into flood waters on North Main St. in Mayflower and ended up in a ditch. The water was rising so rapidly that the vehicle was completely submerged by the time rescuers arrived. The 57 year-old driver of the SUV drowned. At 12:08 AM CDT, Numerous roads flooded around Vilonia; swift-water rescues became necessary by 1:00 AM CDT. A total of 29 people had to be evacuated from the Vilonia and Mayflower areas.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindGold Creek-A tree was blown into powerlines along Arkansas Highway 365 near Gold Creek.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindGold Creek-Trees and power lines were down near Langley Trailer Park.
February 2018FloodGold Creek-Water was in outbuildings and near houses on Lakeview Circle, Shoreline Road, and Lawrence Landing Adjacent to Lake Conway. Sandbagging is still in progress.
May 2017HailGold Creek-A thunderstorm produced 0.88 inch hail near the city of Mayflower.
March 2010HailGold Creek-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Faulkner County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Preston1.0 miles13
Gold Lake Estates1.5 miles13
Round Mountain2.0 miles13
Brumley3.5 miles13
Caney3.7 miles13
Mayflower3.9 miles19
Chadwick (historical)3.9 miles17
Saltillo4.8 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57831. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.